Friends' Association
"Freunde der Burg Rheinstein e.V."

The castle "Burg Rheinstein" is one of the most impressive cultural monuments upon the Middle Rhine. After a period of
decline in the 1970s, further dereliction of this lovely treasure upon the river Rhine was prevented in
1975 by the purchase and the enormous personal commitment of the Hecher Family.

Soon it became clear that all the rebuilding and restoration were impossible to be carried out with only the personal
initiative of the Hecher family and the financial support of the federal state of Rheinland-Pfalz. So, in 1976, Hermann
Hecher founded the non-profit friends' association "Freunde der Burg Rheinstein e.V.". Since then, a lot of enthusiastic friends could be won to whom the cultural heritage and the preservation of the monument is a personal concern.

All membership fees and donations are used as earmarked funds for the preservation and maintenance of Rheinstein Castle.
We would be glad, if you also wanted to say: "I have a castle upon the river Rhine which I find worth preserving." Newsletters are sent out periodically and a celebration at Rheinstein Castle for all members of the association takes place once a year.